News | Royal Navy

Albion returns from amphibious exercises in Arctic Circle

HMS Albion has returned from the frozen fjords of Norway after working with allies in the Arctic Circle.

27 March 2023

Defender celebrates ten years of operations

Six oceans, more than a thousand days at sea and 270,000 nautical miles sailed.

24 March 2023

Research puts Submarine Service in the spotlight

What is it to be a submariner – and what does it mean to the spiritual home of the Silent Service?

24 March 2023

HMS Somerset masters the fjords on Arctic submarine hunt

HMS Somerset mastered the complex art of hunting submarines in Arctic fjords as she protected an allied task group in Northern Norway.

23 March 2023

Equestrian rises from Wren to Commander during a 45-year career

FORTY-five years’ service to the Navy and nation are over for stalwart of the Royal Naval Reserve Commander Suzanne Clark.

21 March 2023

Royal Navy’s Gulf forces complete world’s second-largest maritime exercise

The second-largest naval exercise in the world has ended across the Middle East with Royal Navy ships and sailors pushing technological boundaries and sharing their expertise to a raft of allies.

20 March 2023

Royal Marines have one of their finest moments in recent history officially recognised

Twenty years after they stormed the sands of Iraq and captured Saddam Hussein’s key oil region, Royal Marines can now formally add another illustrious date to their history.

20 March 2023

UK Commandos land on frozen lake during daring Arctic parachute jump

Royal Marines parachuted onto a frozen lake alongside Dutch counterparts as part of large-scale exercises alongside NATO allies in the Arctic Circle.

20 March 2023

Royal Navy’s 1710 Naval Air Squadron launch innovative product with Microsoft

In line with British Science Week (10-19 March), the Royal Navy’s Portsmouth-based 1710 NAS (Naval Air Squadron), in partnership with Microsoft, has launched an innovative data exploitation application, Motherlode, with the potential to change the game in aircraft availability for the senior service.

17 March 2023

Royal Navy joins French-led international workout in Indian Ocean

Just days after the leaders of Britain and France pledged even closer naval cooperation, the Royal Navy and Marine Nationale joined forces in the Indian Ocean.

17 March 2023

Ta ta, Tiverton... HMS Enterprise says farewell to her 'home' town

The people of Tiverton bade farewell to their ship – Royal Navy survey vessel HMS Enterprise – as crew paraded through the Devon town for the last time.

17 March 2023

New drone welcomed into Royal Navy

The Royal Navy has taken delivery of new jet-powered Banshee drones capable of flying up to 400mph.

16 March 2023

AUKUS deal delivers new class of submarines for UK and Australia

A new generation of hunter-killer submarines will join the Royal Navy fleet at the end of the next decade following a deal between the UK, USA and Australia.

14 March 2023

Look back in Angus as HMS Montrose bids farewell to her town

ROYAL Navy frigate HMS Montrose bid her affiliated town of Montrose a fond farewell from March 11th to 14th during her final ever visit to Angus on the East Coast of Scotland.

14 March 2023

Royal Navy warship escorts Russian task group in the English Channel

The Royal Navy is escorting a Russian task group in waters close to the UK.

13 March 2023

HMS Duncan exercises with French carrier in the Mediterranean

Royal Navy warship HMS Duncan has put French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle through her paces as she played the “enemy” in a series of exercises in the Mediterranean.

13 March 2023